It's a terrific sounding player when it works well. However, mine refused to play any discs within less than 100 hours or so. It was relaced with the SA 8001 model which has about a hundred or so hours currently and plays flawlessly. I cannot say which sounds better having not had them at the same time. For a little more $, I would definitely go with the SA 8001 which has read everything I have thrown at it so far.
I hope this helps....
I hope this helps....